Intimacy in the Shadow of Separation "Abraham and Lot Depart for Canaan" Attributed to David Vinckboons (1585-1600) ________________________________________________ ה וְגַם-לְלוֹט--הַהֹלֵךְ, אֶת-אַבְרָם הָיָה צֹאן-וּבָקָר, וְאֹהָלִים. Gn 13: 5 And Lot also, who went with … [Read more...]
Our Torah Gatherings – Wed 10/28 & Sun 11/1
Here we have something we have not seen before, we have ‘a man given a plan and a blessing.’ But before we begin to extol the great blessing bestowed upon our new(ist) hero Abraham, let us at the very least understand the context in which he emerges. We have spent an inordinate amount of time … [Read more...]
Our Torah Gatherings – Sun 10/25
We find ourselves in the midst of the Torah's beginning cycles -- somewhere between reading about 'Noah and the Flood' on the one hand and Abraham and the challenges he meets on the other. It is of special interest to us that Noah is depicted in such superlative terms, especially in that his … [Read more...]
Our Torah Gatherings – Wed 10/21 & Sun 10/25
David Takes a Census 1 Chronicles 21 (parallel text: 2 Samuel 24) Satan rose up against Israel and caused David to take a census of the people of Israel. 2 So David said to Joab and the commanders of the army, “Take a census of all the people of Israel—from Beersheba in the south to Dan in the … [Read more...]
Our Torah Gatherings – Wed 10/13 & Sun 10/17
So, in essence, this Haftarah -- of the day before the new moon -- is the Story of David and Jonathan . . . and here is a brief set up, before the haftarah begins: David runs to Jonathan. “Jonathan, your father is still trying to kill me.” The haftarah starts here: “Tomorrow is Rosh Chodesh. … [Read more...]
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